You are a prosecutor preparing a case. the facts of the case support a charge of either capital murder or first-degree murder, but you are not sure how you feel about the morality of the death penalty. you have asked for opinions from other prosecutors in your office. as you consider your options, the court-appointed psychiatrist calls and tells you that he has examined the defendant and finds him to be severely developmentally challenged. the psychiatrist estimates the defendant's iq to be in the 60's and recommends that you seek his school or medical records to find more information. you decide that, given this information, an attempt to seek the death penalty would not be legally supported, based on the decision.

an attempt to seek the death penalty would not be legally supported, based on the Atkins v. Virginia decision. In this Supreme Court case, the court ruled that executing people with mental challenges violates the Eight Amendment which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment

not  

cuba  

russia  

iraq  

el salvador  

explanation:

known as the land of volcanoes, el salvador has visit seismic tremors and volcanic movement. it is the main nation in central america that does not have a coastline on the caribbean sea. about portion of all salvadorans live in the wide open. they are poor and don't have power or running water in their homes. in 1525, pedro de alvarado, a lieutenant of cortés's, vanquished el salvador. el salvador, with alternate nations of central america, pronounced its freedom from spain on sept. 15, 1821, and was a piece of a league of central american states until the point when that association broke up in 1838.